It’s been a topic for debate on Facebook page Totally Stokesley, with residents explaining how they pronounce the name of the nearby North Yorkshire village.

One said: “I think I’ve heard every combination of Chop/Shop Gate/Gat/Yat - all said with the authority of either ‘I live there’, ‘my family have been born there for five generations’ or ‘my ancestor named the place in 894AD’.

“Okay. That last one may be an exaggeration. But I think I think the point is you either don’t know how to pronounce it or you just ‘think’ you know how to - no-one actually does know.”

But many said it was known as Chop Gate to actual residents - and Chop Yat to those who don't live there.

“Chop Gate to those that actually live there. Chop Yat for those that don’t,” says one.

Another Chop Gate resident said: “Chop Gate, all the way. I live there now. Find Chop Yat so annoying. Uuuuurgggg.”

“I have lived in Chop Gate since I was two,” said another. “All the locals call it Chop Gate! It is only non-locals that call it Chop Yat!”